passengers starting to disembark or not? reporter: not yet. i don t believe so. i don t see that as of yet. and we re told that this is actually the largest ship to ever dock here. and normally we were told earlier by the port authority they rarely or never, actually, in the dark have any ships going through this channel, they say, you know, when it doesn t have full power, they say it s just too unsafe. i don t know if you can hear all of this cheering behind me (cheers) about the loudest it s been. greta: i can. reporter: there are people up on the deck and yeah, you can see them, cheering and waving, and i guess, pieces of fabric, i don t know, towels, i m not sure what they have left after this ordeal because they were taking their sheets and mattresses out of their state rooms, trying to sleep on decks. from what we understand, nothing was clean by the end of this week, so, yeah, obviously, they re very eager to get out of here. but, yeah, the port authority said they had to
but, yeah, they just, they cannot wait to get off that ship. greta: what did she say about her little journey? oh, it wasn t a little journey for sure, so, she s just exhausted and she just wants to get home to be with her family and her daughters. greta: did she describe to you what the conditions have been like for the last five days? well, when i first got her call on sunday afternoon she was frantic and nervous and scared for her safety and she didn t know what was going to happen and there was a lot of of confusion. and then off and on we were communicating and then the last time i spoke with her was on monday, and the conditions were getting worse at the time. but i do want to say that since we ve been in touch today, she s been a little bit more calmer and she s just excited to be on land. greta: and we all react to,
people who, you know, people who need help. i know for a fact that they re doing everything they can to help others before themselves. and, but you know, i know he s very frustrated, very tired, exhausted, but you know, he you know, he knows, you know, he s a 30-year-old healthy man and he s got to be strong for, you know, the other people on board who aren t so able to, you know, take care of themselves. there s handicapped people, there s, you know, all kinds of different situations, so he s he and all of his friends are just really trying to do the best they can. greta: now that it s ending well, i wouldn t have said this a couple of days ago, but this is a bachelor party i don t think he s going to forget or any of the other bachelors or even the bride
second ago where people are dancing and singing. i imagine there s some revelry there, a lot of joy there? yes, yes, there is. i think it s getting close that we re off of this odyssey, so being, i think that s what you re seeing. truly getting cabin fever. greta: i imagine that there is cabin fever. have they given you specific instructions now you re docked, have you been told to wait your turn or go get your bags? what s the drill for getting off the ship? they re going to start with the lowest deck and proceed up, and you re supposed to wait and plenty of people helping with bags and keeping everyone under control so the people from the upper decks don t start down and they re going to have two doors open to where we ve been told it s going to go fairly quickly once they start. so, that s all he we know so far. no decks have been called
i certainly hope that is not the case. that carnival would not have put this many people in that kind of danger, but the crew has been absolutely spectacular, really wonderful. the house keepers, the stewards, the cooks, the busboys have all, all had a smile on their face. greta: when you first boarded the ship, did they do drills and show you where your life boats are and where the life preservers are, so you were ready if there was more catastrophic that happened? yes, we did have a muster drill and went to the muster station as soon as the boat left port. what was really concerning they did say that the greatest danger on the ship is fire. and at the muster drill they he showed everybody how to put on the life vests and another good thing when it happened, it was 4:30 in the morning and at 6:15, it was